What Is Your Will In Christ?

Who is equal to the sovereign Lord and what oblation of obeisance is not due Him? The thundering and cataclysmic devastation of all that we know would simply be the faintest whisper of His power. His reach extends to the farthest corners of an unending universe. There is no escape from His gaze and no limit to His mighty and terrible power ... and no measure capable against the expanse of His unfailing love for it is without limit... His justice towers over the unjust and the wicked as an object of impending terror and date of recompense, yet His mercies are extended to the guilty submissive to Him in repentance and redemption. As the origin of all that is just, He offers the freedom of choice even to future destiny. If any perish, it is through their freedom to choose it... He reigns above all that exists and stands high over the heavens in unequaled power and glory, yet has the heart of humility to suffer exquisitely in the quest to redeem what is so unworthy. He suffers hear...

I'm sometimes troubled by a truth that I'm unable to deal with on my own and one that brings me back to the foot of the cross in humility on a regular basis. When I look in the mirror, the image that I'm confronted with is really not the completed image of the person that I really long to see... As much as I desperately want to be changed into the image of Jesus completely and reflect that image clearly moment by moment 24/7, every time I look in the mirror, I'm still confronted to a degree with the image of a man of faults. As much as I've been changed by His grace over the years, I find that the closer that I draw near to my Lord in relationship, the farther I see that I have yet to go in my quest to replicate His image and character. If I weren't aware of the simple truth, I might easily become disheartened and begin to question the continued effort. However, His faithfulness and grace give me an unending hope and the comfortable knowledge that one day...